Barely one week after a teenage boy, Daniel Ohikena caused a
scare at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, Lagos when he stowed on an Arik Air
plane from Benin to Lagos, another scare occurred yesterday at the same airport
when a female passenger, whose identity could not be ascertained as at the time
of filing this report, was said to have boarded the plane screamed on top of
her voice that she was no longer willing to travel with the plane after
boarding the flight.
According to Saturday Mirror investigations, the cabin crew
and passengers initially ignored her. But her persistence led to suspicion
among the passengers.
The strange behaviour, led to the delay of the Benin-bound
aircraft for two hours, as all the passengers were disembarked while the plane
was screened again. All the checked-in luggage was also offloaded for proper
screening by both Aero and Aviation Security of the Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria, FAAN.
Nothing suspicion was, however, found on board. Saturday
Mirror gathered that the passenger was handed over to security agents by Aviation
Security, while the other passengers proceeded on the journey to Benin.
According to an airport source, “All passengers were already onboard and the
pilot was preparing to embark on the flight before the woman started the
strange behaviour onboard.
At first, no one took her seriously, but when the shouting
and soliloquy continued, the passengers became apprehensive and ordered the
pilot to abort the flight. “The situation was not funny at all. In fact the woman
was speaking in a language which no one understood. But information reaching
our desk says that all the passengers have landed safely in Benin with the same
aircraft.
“This was not the first time such incident would
be happening. In fact, it is common among first time travellers, but no one
knows the motive behind this act. However, I believe the security agents will
do their work and reveal what led to the strange behaviour
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